Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals.

The rise of the information school movement has been seen as
both a positive and negative reality in the preparation of
librarians. Have undergraduate programs taken away resources and
attention from the masters in library science? Has the growth of
faculty with little or no understanding of libraries diluted the
field? Dr. David Lankes lays out his thoughts for moving past the
arguments to defining a knowledge school. A school focused on
impact in communities and built upon the values of librarians, but
serving the needs of a broader information infrastructure.

Dr David Lankes
University of South Carolina
Director, School of Library & Information Science

R. David Lankes is the director of the University of South
Carolina’s School of Library & Information Science and the
2016-2017 Follett Chair at Dominican University’s Graduate School
of Library and Information Science. David has always been
interested in combining theory and practice to create active
research projects that make a difference. His work has been funded
by organizations such as The MacArthur Foundation, The Institute
for Library and Museum Services, NASA, The U.S. Department of
Education, The U.S. Department of Defense, The National Science
Foundation, The U.S. State Department, and The American Library
Association. David is a passionate advocate for libraries and their
essential role in today’s society earning him the American Library
Association’s Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship in
2016. He also seeks to understand how information approaches and
technologies can be used to transform industries. In this capacity
he has served on advisory boards and study teams in the fields of
libraries, telecommunications, education, and transportation
including at the National Academies. He has been a visiting fellow
at the National Library of Canada, The Harvard School of Education,
and was the first fellow of ALA’s Office for Information Technology
Policy. His book,The Atlas of New Librarianship won the 2012
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library
Literature.

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The audio supplement to "Against The Grain - Linking Publishers, Vendors and Librarians"
Against the Grain is your key to the latest news about libraries, publishers, book jobbers, and subscription agents. Our goal is to link publishers, vendors, and librarians by reporting on the issues, literature, and people that impact the world of books and journals.